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Bitcoin price pattern seems rather familiar and with a good reason. BTC price re-visiting the 2015 trend all-in-all and an aggressive change in the Bitcoin market is expected to occur which will cause a considerable amount of increase in the cryptocurrency’s price. Recently observed actions in the market are noticeably similar to the price fluctuations […] ...

Crypto privacy firm QEDIT’s zero-knowledge proof solution is now implemented by ConsenSys’s enterprise blockchain startup Kaleido. Enterprise blockchain startup Kaleido, a part of ConsenSys’s venture studio, became the first to implement crypto privacy firm QEDIT’s zero-knowledge proof solution.An optional featureQEDIT claims in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. 15 that this partnership with Kaleido will enable its private asset transfer feature as an off-the-shelf option for businesses using the platform. CEO and co-founder of QEDIT Jonathan Rouach added:“Kaleido has played a leading role in accelerating the deployment of enterprise blockchain technology by removing the need for companies to invest significant resources in custom code development. [...] We’re proud to be partnering with Kaleido and thrilled about having our ZKP privacy protocol available in their marketplace.”A notable platformRouach also named the Komgo blockchain as an example of Kaleido’s ...

At the Ethereal Summit Tel Aviv 2019, project lead Omri Ross said the new programming language will reduce the risks involved in settling financial contracts and enable the creation of new derivative products. ...

A recent report by ZenGO revealed Bitcoin scammers on the internet are using fake QR code generators to steal Bitcoin. The frauds are using Google search results to swindle people out of their Bitcoins. ZenGO revealed that among the scammers have created websites for Bitcoin QR code generator. The websites do not create new wallet […] ...

Ballet crypto wallet breaks the intangible boundaries that refrain people from letting go of ‘the old ways’ and adopting change. The Ballet crypto wallet can be touched? Ballet is a crypto hardware wallet for cryptocurrency investors and users, who can have this as a hundred percent (100%) offline storage. Ballet also enables its users to […] ...

Cryptocurrencies and their value can be determined from the fact that they, unlike the first monetary assets, weren’t created out of need but ended up being one. The past five weeks have been rough for all the cryptocurrencies and the following report shows the instability of these currencies, the change in their value along with […] ...

Binance is all set to list Rupiah token, the first non-USD Stablecoin on the 16th of September. Much to Benefit of Indonesian Traders The listing of Rupiah on Binance DEX will allow Indonesian traders to trade directly on Binance DEX in Rupiah denomination. Presently, only the IDRTB/BNB pair is available. Binance plans to launch more […] ...

Aventus Network reveals Ethereum-based ticketing protocol to stop fraud and provide more transparency to the event ticketing industry. The digital assets-focused blockchain-based protocol, Aventus, revealed its next code release Aventus Classic designed to create a more equitable and transparent ticketing industry.Alleviate fraud and provide transparencyOn Sept 12, Aventus Network announced in a blog post the release of Aventus Classic, a fully decentralized open-source Ethereum-based ticketing protocol designed to stop fraud and provide more transparency to the event ticketing industry. The announcement goes on to say:“This release marks our first real step in engaging with the open-source community, as Aventus Classic will now be open to contributions from anyone and will no longer be solely developed by official partners of the Aventus Protocol Foundation.”$15,000 prize fund for blockchain developersThe release of the new ticketing protocol coincides with a $15,000 prize ...

Cryptocurrency traders in the United States of America (USA) are under the Federal agency Internal Revenue Services’ (IRS) gun lately. IRS has been issuing warning letters and action letters to suspected digital currency holders and traders. These traders and holders of cryptocurrency might have probably misreported their digital assets on the tax returns. Throughout the […] ...

Cointelegraph en Español presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from the Spanish-speaking world. The Spanish-speaking world sees major cryptocurrency and blockchain developments with Uruguay approving a new bill that could be applied positively to ICOs, Cuba using crypto to access the global economy and Venezuela finally installing its first Bitcoin (BTC) ATM.Here is the past week of crypto and blockchain news in review, as originally reported by Cointelegraph en Español.Argentinian Bitex stops accepting balance charges in US dollarsCointelegraph en Español reported on Sept. 12, that the economic crisis in Argentina is now taking its toll on the country’s cryptocurrency operations. The Bitex firm, a blockchain financial services provider, informed its customers that it will stop accepting balance charges in US dollars. It explained:“We communicate with you to inform you that for reasons beyond Bitex, as ...

The largest bank in Venezuela, the state-owned Bank of Venezuela, appears to have launched services to facilitate transactions in the country’s state-issued oil-backed virtual currency, the Petro. According to Decrypt, Bank of Venezuela customers have reported a new module integrated into the management interface of their accounts to facilitate registration for a digital wallet that […] The post Record Bitcoin Trade in Venezuela as Top Bank Launches Petro Services appeared first on CCN.com ...

A nineteen (19) year old suspect was arrested in a crypto scam related case. The unnamed teen is booked for the alleged robbery of unreleased songs from a globally renowned recording company to trade them against cryptocurrency. The suspect allegedly accessed the company’s website and cloud-based accounts illegally and thus had to be detained by […] ...

Travis Kling, the Founder of crypto-focused Ikigai Fund and former equity portfolio manager, talked about the utility of Bitcoin. He also hinted that other payment cryptocurrencies might not hold value. Kling, like many, was an early skeptic of Bitcoin. However, he converted into a Bitcoin maximalist soon enough. He reiterated the fact that Bitcoin doesn’t […] ...

Bitcoin QR generators do make it easy for users to share their wallet addresses. Certainly, QR generators are the best thing that has happened to cryptocurrency after barcodes. But the problem lies with the websites that let you change your data from strings, hypertext, to SHA-256 encrypted crypto key strands of code that your lens […] ...

The IRS is using unreliable tax forms received from cryptocurrency exchanges to come after traders. Over the past month, we have seen the IRS, the tax collecting agency of the United States, send out more than 10,000 warning and action letters to suspected cryptocurrency holders and traders who may have misreported digital assets on their tax returns. Letters like the 6174-A, 6173 and CP2000 have appeared in the mailboxes of cryptocurrency traders throughout the country, and the crypto tax software company that I run has seen an influx of frantic customers coming to us for tax help out of fear of penalties.The problem here is that the IRS doesn’t have all of the necessary information. In fact, not only does it not have all the information, but the information that it does have on the cryptocurrency holders that it ...

In a first, Santander, a major Spanish bank, has issued $20 million bond issue on Ethereum in tokenized form and settled the sale using ERC-20 tokens from another custody account. There was no other third party involved in the whole process besides the underlying Ethereum blockchain. This latest bond issue on Ethereum shows what it […] ...

Prime brokerage firms are coming for crypto in what’s likely to be a race of winner-takes-almost-all. Goldman Sachs is synonymous with institutional wealth and power, even to those who’ve never purchased a financial product in their life. Like the eponymous tower it occupies in Jersey City, Goldman Sachs dominates the prime brokerage trade. What will happen when crypto gains its own Goldman Sachs – an institutional investment company whose AUM grant it unprecedented sway?Also read: Crypto Facilitates Money Transfer for Restricted China Prime Brokerage Is Coming for Crypto Prime brokerage is a term that’s synonymous with financial markets, but never with crypto. Used to describe the sort of bundled services that investment banks offer, it has little application to the cryptosphere, because there are no bitcoin investment banks. At least not in the traditional sense. For all its innovation, ...

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? The identity of the enigmatic person (or people) who created bitcoin remains as mysterious as Jack the Ripper. Pundits and experts all over the world have put forth their assertions as to who Satoshi truly is. It is the subject of much debate in the bitcoin and cryptocurrencies world. A Legend […] The post And Satoshi’s True Identity is… appeared first on CCN.com ...

Half Of Saudi Oil Output Shut After Drone Strikes Cripple World's Largest Oil Processing Facilityupdate: This via the WSJ in a precursor signalling just how much the price of oil is set to soar when trading reopens late on Sunday: Saudi Arabia is shutting down about half of its oil output after apparently coordinated drone strikes hit Saudi production facilities, people familiar with the matter said, in what Yemen’s Houthi rebels described as one of their largest-ever attacks inside the kingdom. The production shutdown amounts to a loss of about five million barrels a day, the people said, roughly 5% of the world’s daily production of crude oil. The kingdom produces 9.8 million barrels a day.

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What appears to be the most devastating Yemen Houthi rebel attack on Saudi Arabia to date, took place ...

The top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day as Bitcoin’s price hovers over the $10,300 mark again. Saturday, Sept. 14 — The top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day while Bitcoin’s (BTC) price hovers over the $10,300 mark by press time.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360The price of Bitcoin is currently up by 0.13% on the day, trading at around $10,313 at press time, according to Coin360. Looking at its weekly chart, the coin is down by about 0.46%.Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360As Cointelegraph reported yesterday, Bitcoin trading is opening new avenues for citizens in communist-run Cuba, which has been financially isolated for years under a United States trade embargo. According to a recent report, Cubans are increasingly using cryptocurrencies to make online purchases, as well as to invest and trade.Ether (ETH) is holding ...

CoinspeakerBiggest BTC ATM Network Coinme Raises $1.5 Million From Ripple’s XpringOne of the most famous providers of kiosks and ATMs for cryptocurrencies, Coinnme, managed to raise $1.5 million in a Series A-1 financing round that incorporates Ripple’s branch Xpring and Blockchain Finance Fund. Earnings from the funding will be deployed for auxiliary licensing in order to develop its U.S. and international coverage.Co-founder and CEO Neil Bergquist commented that Coinme is the company that is licensed to operate Bitcoin ATMs in 29 states and shall register for the forward state licenses in the next few years. As for international markets, Coinme already has its eyes on Europe, Central, and South America because they realized that these countries have the high popularity of cryptocurrencies and are pretty liberal concerning these questions. He said:“We are bolstered by this vote of confidence by Ripple ...

France joins Portugal in its policy of tax-free cryptocurrency transactions. The French government announced that crypto-to-crypto trading would not be taxed. However, taxes will apply if cryptocurrencies are being traded for fiat currency. Furthermore, France will introduce a value-added tax (VAT) for purchases made through cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies: The present and the future Many countries and […] ...

United Kingdom-based contemporary artist, Lincoln Townley, has announced the sale of a 19-painting collection to a Singaporean investor in exchange for 490 bitcoin (BTC). Speaking with CCN, Townley stated that the deal was made when BTC was priced at approximately £9,000 (roughly $11,000), valuing the sale at approximately £4.41 million ($5.39 million). The artist described […] The post U.K. Artist Disrupts Art Industry With Cryptocurrency appeared first on CCN.com ...

Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announces that its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro will launch support for DASH token next week. United States-based major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro will launch support for DASH token next week.According to a Medium post published by Coinbase on Sept. 12, Coinbase Pro will start accepting DASH deposits starting Monday “for at least 12 hours prior to enabling full trading.” The launch of DASH trading, on the other hand, is planned for 9 AM Pacific Standard Time on Sept. 17. The company also noted:“Once sufficient supply of DASH is established on the platform, trading on the DASH/USD, and DASH/BTC order books will start in phases, beginning with post-only mode and proceeding to full trading should our metrics for a healthy market be met.”Not a global featureThe firm also ...

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